Evan Smith stopped 28 shots and Galen Wood scored twice as Shawnee captured the JVB championship with a 5-0 win over Holy Cross. Michael Peccini scored the lone goal in the first period as Shawnee led 1-0. They blew the game open in the second period scoring three goals in a span of three minutes to take a commanding 4-0 lead. First Wood scored a power play goal to make it 2-0 and ninety seconds later Brett Yoncak scored unassisted to make it 3-0.

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Tim Pagliuso scored with two minutes left in the second overtime as Shawnee defeated Cherry Hill East 7-6 and stayed alive in the double elimination tournament. Cherry Hill East saw its season come to an end. Dan Desrochers led East with two goals. East had a 5-3 lead entering the third period, but goals by Ian Smith and Mike Molinari tied the score at 5-5 with eight minutes left in the game. Bryan Ross scored at the six minute mark to give Cherry Hill East a 6-5 lead.

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In keeping with our tradition, SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual hockey awards given to the players we feel stood out. This year was more difficult than in the past as we had many players in all our categories, but after many discussions here are the selections:

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Tyler Woyshner scored four goals and Mike Eni added a hat trick as Moorestown opened defense of its crown with a 9-4 win over Shawnee in playoff action at the Igloo. Shawnee led 3-2 early in the second period before Moorestown scored six consecutive goals to take control of the game in the third period. Robert Willwerth scored ninety seconds into the game as Shawnee led 1-0. We stayed that way until the final minute of the period; Woyshner tied the game at 1-1 with Alec Nicolai getting the assist. Then with twelve seconds left in the period, Nicolai gave Moorestown a 2-1 lead, but Shawnee scored the tying goal right before the buzzer as Gregory Nagy got credit for the goal.

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Ryan Badger scored twice and CJ Byrd stopped 29 shots as Holy Cross edged Shawnee 3-2 in SJHSIHL action at the Igloo. Evan Powell scored his second goal of the season early in the first period as Holy Cross led 1-0. Byrd had a busy period stopping all 11 shots. Badger made it 2-0 early in the second period scoring his 17th goal of the season. Shawnee did not generate much offense as Byrd stopped all 5 shots he faced.

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With the discussions until the wee hours of the morning, the SJHSIHL Junior-Senior Showcase, to be held at Hollydell on Friday February 5th has been announced. With the teams broken up into two teams, North and South, the following is how the two teams will be divided:

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Wade Sander and Sean Fleming each had a hat trick as Rancocas Valley defeated Shawnee 9-4 at the Igloo. RV jumped out to an 8-0 lead through two periods and never looked back. Just a sophomore, Sander, playing in just his fifth game, scored the games first two goals, three minutes apart with John Czarnick assisting on both. Fleming made it 3-0 at the five minute mark. In a wild second period, RV broke open the game scoring five times, while Shawnee would spend a majority of the period killing off 10 penalties.

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Over the last several year Shawnee and Cherokee have been two of the top teams in the SJHSIHL and have played there share of tough games, this year both teams were hit hard by graduation but showed at the Igloo that they are both maturing and despite Cherokee winning 5-3, Shawnee was very much in the entire game. Pat Mohnacs scored the lone goal of the first period, on the power play as Cherokee led 1-0. Shawnee would take a 2-1 lead midway through the second period on goals by Vince Tascione and Robert Willwerth.

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Vincent Tascione scored two third period goals twelve seconds apart as Shawnee defeated Cinnaminson 3-2 at the Igloo. Evan Smith was strong in nets along with solid play by his defensemen. After a scoreless first period, Ian Smith scored the lone goal of the second period to give Shawnee a 1-0 lead heading into the third period.

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Shawnee jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held off a late charge by Williamstown in the 4-3 victory at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Losers of four out of the first five games to start the season Shawnee has battled back to even there record at 8-8-1. Mike Peccini and Kyle Popielarski staked Shawnee to a 2-0 lead after the first period. The lead grew to 3-0 as Ian Smith scored on a short-handed breakaway in the first five minutes of the second period. Anthony Derbyshire got one back on the same power play as Williamstown cut the lead to 3-1.

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Washington Township used a six goal first period and went on to an 8-3 win over Shawnee. Ed Sarin led Township with four goals and Louie DeAngelo added two goals and three assists. With Township missing both varsity goalies, one due to illness and one due to an injury, freshman Pat Finnegan got his second consecutive start and allowed three goals. The real story was for Shawnee, missing both goalies, forward Vincent Misiewicz started in nets, and after that six goal first, played solid over the final two periods allowing just two goals the rest of the way.

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Scott Parker scored four goals and Vincent Tascione added three as Shawnee flew past Clearview 11-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Trailing 2-1 after the first period, Shawnee would score 10 goals over the final thirty minutes with 6 coming in the third period. Despite out-shooting Clearview 19-9 in the first period, Shawnee trailed 2-1 as Rob Savastano and Bob Campbell scored for Clearview sandwiched around a goal by Steve Nagy for Shawnee.

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Pat Mohnacs scored twice as Cherokee defeated Shawnee 4-1 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Cherokee moved into third place, one point ahead of Eastern. In a first period full of power play opportunities for Cherokee, they finally capitalized at the end of their third opportunity as Anthony Santisi gave his team a 1-0 lead. With another man advantage at the nine minute mark of the second period, Cherokee wasted no time capitalizing as Mohnacs scored his first goal of the game with Jason Spieker and Matt Maratea getting the assists.

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Billy Bascou scored four goals in leading the Eastern Vikings to a 9-4 win over Shawnee at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the win Eastern has moved to within two points of first place Washington Township and trails Moorestown but just one point. After jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead on two goals by Bascou and one by Darren Plotkin, Shawnee cut the lead to 3-2 scoring twice in the final two minutes of the period on goals by Vincent Tascione and Brendan Wainwright.

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Robert Willwerth had two goals to lead Shawnee over Clearview 7-3 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Erik Heritage, Ed Moore and Shaun Riley scored the goals for Clearview. After Willwerth put Shawnee ahead 1-0 early in the game, Heritage tied it at 1-1 as he converted a great pass from Moore on the back end of a 2-on-1 break. Mike Molinari put Shawnee ahead for good near the end of the first period with Ian Smith and Scott Parker getting the assists.

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Cinnaminson built a 3-0 lead in the first period and held off Shawnee 4-2 in action played at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel. Kevin Rafferty led the attack with two goals for Cinnaminson as Shawnee suffered its third loss in four games. Goals by Kevin Rafferty, Sean Gault and Matt Fields on the power play gave Cinnaminson a 3-0 lead after one. Kevin Roth stopped all 13 shots for Cinnaminson. The teams traded goals in the second period with Joseph Vargin scoring short-handed for Shawnee to make it 3-1.

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Washington Township scored early and often as they skated past Shawnee 10-0 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Louie DeAngelo led Township with three goals and Eddie Sarin added two goals and four assists. Shawnee coming off a year that saw eight seniors graduate and 2 players transfer, will struggle offensively this season until they can get some continuity with their lines.

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